Martha Briscoe was born about 1774, in England, United Kingdom. She married Jeremiah Crump on 18 April 1814, in Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 13 February 1822, in Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49, and was buried in Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (northern): habitational name from any of various places so named, including Briscoe in Hutton Mulgrave and Briscoe in Romaldkirk (both North Yorkshire), Brisco Rigg in Stainburn (Yorkshire), or Brisco in Saint Cuthbert Without and Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet (both Cumberland). Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet is named with Old Norse Bretaskógr ‘wood of the Britons’ (see Brett ). Brisco in Cumberland and Briscoe in North Yorkshire are named with Old Norse birki ‘birch’ + skógr ‘wood’.
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